Category Specialist

**We are hiring**:
The Procurement Portfolio Specialist will support the end-to-end category management processes within their portfolio area. This role will support the long-term agreements showing commercial creativity, innovation, and expertise to internal stakeholders. This position is responsible for maximising value by:
**Package**: Competitive base salary, healthcare, annual bonus, pension options and 25 days holiday.

**What will I be doing?**
- Supporting a defined portfolio of third party spend aligned to stakeholder objectives as agreed by the procurement business partnering team.
- Enabling a strategic focus for third party portfolio management across all business units and functions and is perceived as a market expert in the marketplace in which they operate.
- Working with stakeholders to ensure the delivery of all value identified in the contract across its lifecycle, focussing on areas of further value-add in line with business agreed targets.
- Proactive relationship management of third parties to maximise value for the business units and functions.
- Maintain the appropriate category Buying Channels as well as risk and compliance for all suppliers within their accountability

**About you**:

- Strong engagement and influencing skills across the function and with stakeholders.
- Ability to challenge internal stakeholders through market knowledge, a view of latest trends and good practice.
- Good understanding of the end to end Source to Pay process and how better information and improvements in process can deliver value to the organisation.
- The ability to network in order to build productive relationships across all areas of the group.
- Be a contributor for the global team to become known as the external market experts across Centrica.
- Proven ability to deliver in a timely manner the completion of category management initiatives.
- Be able to manage and lead in a matrix structure, ensuring clear accountability with in-country leads and global categories.
- Create and maintain One Procurement and One Centrica culture.
- Education
- Degree educated or appropriate relevant in work experience.
- Experience of performing end-to-end Portfolio Category Management
- Proven ability to think laterally, globally, and creatively to drive additional value for the business.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and evidence of building trust across with colleagues.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Good negotiation skills. A track record of significant cost reductions in goods and services related to indirect spend.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities (i.e. enthusiasm, decisiveness, strategic thinking, change agent).
- Track record of delivering long term value within a Procurement environment.

**_ At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team - a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it_**

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.